The high-minded man does not bear grudges, for it is not the mark of a great soul to remember injuries, but to forget them.

People become house builders through building houses, harp players through playing the harp. We grow to be just by doing things which are just.

The greatest of all pleasures is the pleasure of learning.

The greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another; it is the mark of genius, for to make good metaphors implies an eye for resemblances.

Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.

All men by nature desire to know. An indication of this is the delight we take in our senses; for even apart from their usefulness they are loved for themselves...

Happiness is the reward of virtue.